Nailing-machine



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W. C. EVANS 8v J. P. SMITH.

NAILINGl MACHINE.

Patented 00L-5, 1886..

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W. e". EVANS au J. P. SMITH. NAILING MACHINE.

UNITED STATES PATENT ErrcEO vWARREN C. 'EVAXS AND JOHN P. SMITH, 0F FXE'PE ll, NEW .ll'AMlbl'llRE NAlLlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,122, dated October 5, 1886,

' \pplieallon ilell January l, 1896. Serial Nu. leftilt, (No nunlcl.)

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De it known .that we, WARREN C. EviNs and JOHN l. Snrru, both citizens of' the United States, and residing at llxeter, in the county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nailing -Machinos; and we do hereby declare that the sameare fully described in thefollowing speciiicatiou, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings. v

rlhis invention relates to .improvements in nailing-machines for the purpose ot' nailing, pegging, or lasting boots and shoes, and it relates to that class of machines in which a continuous wire is fed dowmvard intermittently, cut off, and driven'into the boot or shoe sole or into any other portion of the boot or shoefor instance, through the overlapping edge of the upper and the insole in the process of lasting the boot or shoe, through the outer sole. upper, and insole in the process of pegging boots or shoes, or through the outer and inner sole in the process of quilting"7 0r nailing the soles ol' boots and shoes, as will hereinafter be more fully shown and described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, where- Figure l represents a side elevation ot' the machine, and Fig. 2 represents a front view of it. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section on the line A B shown in Fig. l.. Fig. 4 repre` sents a vertical section on the line G l) shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 represents a cross -section on the line li F shown inllig. 2.

Fig. 6 represents a cross-section on the line ("r v1I shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 7 represents a cross-section of the driver, and Fig. 8 represents a side elevation ot' t-he nail.

Similar letters refer to similar parts whereever they occur on the different parts of thc drawings.

In this machine we use intermittent rotary feed-rollers, between which the wire is fed downward to the cutting-ottmechanism, such feed-rollers being serrated or corrugated, so as to indent, serrate, or corrugate the wire as it is fed downward between said feed-rollers, and by this arrangement we are enabled'to use a plain and comparatively inexpensive wire that is automatically corrugated between the feedrollers, which latter are arranged between the place where the wire enters the frame or handle and the nail-tube where the nail is driven.

In the drawings t-he improvements are shown as applied to and arranged on a handtool, but we wish to stato that the invention is equally well adapted for a machine driven by belt or other power, as may be desired, without departing from the spirit of our invention.

d vis theframe or handle, having a longitudinal perforation, o, in its upper end, .in which they driver-bar b is guided, as usual, such driver-bar being normally held in its highest position by tho intluence ol' the spring b', interposed between the top of frame or handle (l and the head b of the driver-bar, as shown.

o is a longittu'linal groove on one side of the driver-bar, into which projects the inner end of the set-screw c, serving to prevent the driver-ba-r from turning around in its bearing a, and also as a stop to prevent the driver-bar from being pushed too far upward by the spring b.

a is a leather or other elastic washer surrounding the driver-bar above the top o1' frame or handle a, against which the under side olthe head l/of the bar I strikes when the said driver-bar is forced downward to the end of itsl stroke.

Centrally in a line with the perforation a is made in the lower' end ol' the frame or handle (lv a smaller perforation, a, large enough for the driver b' to pass through easily. The driver b is secured to the bar I) by means of a set-screw, b", (shown in Fig. .l,) or in other well-known or equivalent manner. Thelower end of the. driver Z)l is made rectangular or oi' iattened shape, as shown in Fig. 7, fora purpose as will hereinafter be more i'nlly described.

To the lower end of the handle a is secured a small plate, nf, having a perforation, fr", di-

rectly below the driver and corresponding in shape and size. to that of the lower end of the driver shown in Fig. 7.

d is the wire, that is made to enter a side opening, a", near the upper end of the frame o, as shown in Fig. 2, and after being corrugated while in the act of being fed it is made to pass through channel ai in frame a and out through a perforation, a, in the plate at, as

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the corrugated wheel e and the corrugated` roller j', that is mounted vloosely on a pin,f, secured to the upper end of the spring-barj', the latter being secured in its lower end to the frame a by means of the serexwf, that is made adjustable, and by tightening or loosening the said screw any desired pressure may bebrought to bear on the wire d as it is fed downward and corrugated by passing between the corrugated rollers e and j'. lt will thus be seen that we use ordinary plain wire, which we corrugate by the feed-rollers, as above described, while the wire is in the act of being fed downward to the cutting-ofi` mechanism.

To impart an intermittent rotary motion to v the feed-wheel e"'and its ratchet-wheel e', we

hinge to frame a, near its lower end, the lever h, that is normally held outward, as shown in Fig. 2, by the influence of the spring g, interposed between said lever h and frame a, as shown, such lever having hinged to it, near its upper end, the pawl v1, the free -end of which engages with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel e', and is held in contact with the same by means of the spring fi', attached to leverl /L and pawl t', as shown in Fig. 2, or in a similar manner.

his ashieldplate secured to lever h,as usual, for the operator to take hold of while in lthe act of feeding the wire downward. The upper end of lever h is guided in the slotted or forked guide-piece h, and by means of such guide-piece the outward swing of said lever h is limited according to the length of wire that is to be fed downward for each stroke of said lever h.. The inner end of guide-piece h is located in a groove, a, in which it can be ad- 45 'justed to and from the center of the frame a,

and after being so adj usted it is to be secured, by means of screw h" and washer h* or similar fastening device, to framel a. Thus it will `be seen that the feed ofthe wire can be adjusted as may be .desired for different lengths of nails simply by arranging the guide-piece h accordingly on the frame a, asdescribed.

The kind of nail which we make and drive by the improved machine is shown in Fig. 8, it having a shank, d', having in its upper e'nd a vbend or knee-head, d, and this kind of nail may further be provided with a point, if so desired, but can be driven wi-thout being pointed.

, The nail is automatically cut off from the wire d, headed, as above described, and carried to a place directly above the perforation in the nail-tube previous to beingl driven by the following mechanism.

k is the nail-tube secured at the lower-end of frame or handle a by means of screws itv k or other suitable fastening device.

\ Z is the shear or cutter by means of which the wire is cutrand bent to the form shown in Fig. 8, said shear being located directly below the lower plate, a", and between it and the top of nail-tube k, its outer end being connected to the lower end of the cutter-lever L, that is pivoted at L to frame a, on which fulcrum it is made to rock. During the descent of the driver-bar b its lower tapering end, b, comes in contact with the upper inclined end, L,rot' lever L, thereby causing said lever to rock on its fulcrum and thereby causing the inner end of cutter Z to pass by the perforation as in plate a", through which the wire (l is fed downward, and thus cut the wire, and after being cut its upper end is bent, as shown in Fig. 8, by the forward end of the cutter Z forcing the upper portion of the cut wire against the stationary lip or bender projection k, located in the nailtube k, as shown in Figs.- 4 and 6.

Ls is a spring, secured in its upper end to frame a, and having its-lower end pressing on lever L, above its point of suspension, so as to automatically return said lever and its cutter to their normal positions shown in the drawings, as soon as the driver-bar b ceases to act on said lever L, which takes place when the driver-bar, by the inuence of its spring b', is returned to its highest position, as shown.

It is the longitudinal perforation in the nailtube 1c, through which the nail is driven, and

`such perforation is arranged ,directly below and in a line with the perforation. a in the lower portion of the frame a, through which the driver b* descends. As the wire iscut off and bent a short distance from the perforation k in the nail-tubefit is of course necessary that the finished nail should be autoniatically car ried directly below the driver and there vheld until the driver reaches it in its downward stroke, and for this purpose we arrange in a guide or slot in the upper end of the nail-tube If, at a right angle to the cutter Z, anangu'lar carrier, m, the outer end of which is connected to the carrier-lever M, that is pivoted at M' to frame a, v on which fulcrurn it isl made to rock. In its upperend said lever M has an incline, M, that comes in contact with the tapering end b of the driver-bar b during the descent of the latter, and thereby causes the lever M `to roel; on its fulcrum M against the infiuencc of thc's'pring M, secured to thev upper end `of frame `01and'having its lower free end pressing against the lever M at a place vbetween its fulcrum andlupper end, as shown. During such downward motion of the driver-bar the lower end of lever M is moved inward,and with it the carrier mis caused to move at right angle to and a little-below the cutter Lwhereby IIO the headed nail is automatically carried from the nail-tube 7s, and l'orced inward a limited distance by means of a spring, n. Between. the innerendot the carrierm and the yielding die a the nail is held with a slight trictional resistance until forced downward through the perforation i n the nail-tube and into the boot or shoe by the action of the drivel' b. lt will be noticed that the upper end ot' carrier-lever M does not project upward as far as the cutterlever L, and this is done so that the driven bar b during` its descent shall first aetuate the eutterlever to enable the cutter Z to eut and bend the wire before the carrier m is actuated.

The operation ot' the machine is as follows: The shoe to be lasted, nailed, or pegged is arranged upon a last secured to a jack or other stationary support, as is usual :in the art. The operator then grasps the frame or handle in one hand and places the lower end ofthe nailtube against such place on the sole or upper in which the nail is to be driven. He then presses the feed-lever toward thehandle, causing the desired length of wire to be fed downward below the cutting-ott' mechanism, and during such i'eed of the wire such portion as passes between the feedrolls is corrugated. 'lhe operator then, by means ot' a mallet or hammer, strikes the upper end ot' the driverbar, causing it to descend against the intiuence ot' i ts reaction-spring, and during such descent ot' the driver-bar its incline b lirst actuates the shear-lever L, cansi n g the shear to eut ot'f the desired length of wire, and by forcing it against the stationary rest or bender k the knee-head ofthe nail is formed and the shear remains stationary during the further descent of thedriverbar. Alter the nail-blank is eut ott and headed, as above described, the aforesaid incline on the driver-bar actuates the carrierlever M, causing the angular carrier m to carry the nail from its iirst position directly above the hole in the nail-tube and against the lat erally-yielding die n, between which and the angular nail-carrier the nail is held until, by the t'urther descent of the driver-bar, the lower end ofthe driver strikes it and forces it into the sole of the boot or shoe. During the upward motion ot' the driver-bar,which is caused by the reaction -spring l/ after the nail is driven, the shear, carrier, and laterally-yielding die are returned to their original positions respective springs Previous to the t'eeding and b5' the intiuence of their La, M3, and n.

'jet-tion k" in nail-tube 7;, as and for driving of another nail the operator releases his grasp on the feed-lever, when its spring f/ will automatically carry it to its normal position, ready for feeding another portion ot' the nail-wire, as shown in Fig. 2, and so on.

Having th us fully described the nature, construction, and operation otour invention, we wish to secure by Letters Patent and claiml. In a nailing-machine, the trame or han die n, having hinged to it t heleed-levta' h, pro vided with pawl i, t'or actuating the ratehetwheel c', and corrugated feed-rolls (Wj, in combination with the adjust-able guide-piece h, adapted to be secured on the said frame or handle u, for the purpose of regulating the feed of the wire according to the length ot' nail required, as herein set forth.

2. ln a nailing-machine, the laterally-movable cutter l, combined with the stationary projection '/r, arranged in the nail-tube L', tor the purpose ol' cutting oll a nail -blank and forming a knee or bent head on the upper end ot' the nail, as herein set forth and described.v

3. In a nail-driving machine, the handle (t, and verticallymovable driver bar I, having incline b, as described, in combination twith the cutting-ott' and heading mechanism consisting of lever L L, hinged at L, spring L, laterally-1novable cutter l, and stationary prothe pur pose set forth.

4. ln a nail-driving machine, the laterallymovable cutter l, and stationary projection k in nailtube k, combined with the laterallymovable nail-earrier nl, and the yielding die n, as and for the purpose sct t'orth.

5. ln a nail-driving machine, the handle u, and vertically-movable driver-bar l, having incline b, as described, in combination with the nail-carrier mechanism consisting otI lever M M, hinged at M, spring M, and the angular carrier nl, connected to the lower end of lever M, and adapted to move laterally in bean ings in the nail-tube as and t'or the purpose set forth.

ln testimony whereot" we have aliixed our signatures in presence ol' two witnesses.

\VA.RREN C. EVANS. .JOHN l). SMITH. \Vitnesses:

ARTHen t). FULLER, Wiripmiu' l?. MoULToN. 

